Item: Duncan told Shasta he killed other children/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise, SRMore Info: Young Shasta Groene told authorities that killer Joseph Duncan, during the weeks he held her captive at a remote Montana campsite, described killing at least three other children – a tip…
Colleague Ken Paulman writes: I saw this thing on I-90 in the Valley on Saturday. I've read somewhere that Toby Keith has one of these. If someone can explain how this is anything other than a pointless affectation, I'd love to hear it...
CPD Blue News Release: At approximately 10:30 a.m., Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Damon Jones was patrolling the area around Lake City High School when he was notified by School Resource Officer Brandon McCormick that McCormick spotted Brian Gilmore driving onto the LCHS campus while monitoring…
Photographers Jose Souza, left, and Daniel Ramos, center, show ABC cameraman Stephen Coleman their photos of Britney Spears arriving at a downtown Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday. Spears came to the courthouse today and was expected to plead for renewed rights to visit her two little…
HBO blurker David Taylor/CdA was surprised by the editorial in this week's Idaho Mountain Express (Sun Valley) weekly -- you know, the one that rips the Rev & Tax committee for rejecting a tax on Internet sales. Quoth the editorialist: "Once again, Iddaho's legislative handmaidens…
Jack Van Valkenburgh, founding director of the Idaho ACLU, has announced that he’ll be resigning from the organization effective May 1. “I love the ACLU, but I’m not getting any younger,” Van Valkenburgh said. “After 18 years directing it in Idaho, I think it’s time…
Item: Obama's Clinton education: Bill, Hillary still doing "what you gotta do" to get elected/Wall Street JournalMore Info: The Illinois Senator is still a young man, but not so young as to have missed the 1990s. He nonetheless seems to be awakening slowly to what…
Ex-CPD Police Chief Tom Cronin announced his candidacy for Commissioner Rick Currie's commissioner seat Tuesday. Cronin left CdA under less than ideal circumstances. Following is a story from Aug. 30, 2003:Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Tom Cronin's job is in jeopardy after the discovery that some…
Sgt. Christie Wood just called to say CPD Blue will conduct a press conference about this in 25 minutes.Lake City High School was briefly locked down this morning, while Coeur d’Alene Police arrested an armed 18-year-old in the parking lot. Police apprehended Bryan Gilmore without…
Kristen DeGroat, 25, of Akron, Mich., shown Tuesday, bought a Saginaw News classified ad to sell her horse, Foxy, a 3-year-old mare. DeGroat wants to make one thing clear: Her horse is not on the menu. Because of a goof at the newspaper, a classified…
Skip Hissong, campaign manager for state Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, sez the eightysomething solon absolutely is not considering a run for Commissioner Todd Tondee's seat this spring. An insider at Tom Cronin's announcement for county commissioner Tuesday told a Berry Picker that Henderson was…
Kevin Gonzalez, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, stands in front of a new highway sign in Hayden. Gonzalez was a leader in the effort to rename the local airport after World War ll hero Pappy Boyington; he recently produced a documentary on the lengthy process that…
Item: Our View: Time to add sexual orientation to Idaho's anti-discrimination law/Spokesman-Review Editorial BoardMore Info: It probably won't happen in Idaho this year, but it will happen. The old arguments have lost their appeal, especially among young people and those who know gay and lesbian…
Some of you may have heard I had a close call right after the Post Falls chamber banquet last Thursday evening. Pain in both arms, profuse sweating and tightness in my chest prompted me to ask Bert to take me to the ER at KMC…
Jay Wells is living in the bushes behind a shopping mall in Spokane Valley. He talks with Carmen Jacoby who is part of the Spokane Homeless Coalition annual head count of local homeless. She also passed out clean socks and gloves to anyone who needed…
re: Douglas says he will not seek re-election: Endorses Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry McHugh/Erica F. Curless, Spokesman-ReviewThomas Paine: According to the story in this morning's paper Mr. Douglas has come out in support of Mr. McHugh to replace him: Does this help or hurt Mr.…
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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
